William Blake
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By Arthur Symons 13 Jan, 2020
When Blake spoke the first word of the nineteenth century there was no one to hear it, and now that his message, the message of emancipation from reality through the 'shaping spirit of imagination,' has penetrated the world, and is slowly remaking it ... Read more
When Blake spoke the first word of the nineteenth century there was no one to hear it, and now that his message, the message of emancipation from reality through the 'shaping spirit of imagination,' has penetrated the world, and is slowly remaking it, few are conscious of the first utterer, in modern times, of the message with which all are familiar. Thought to-day, wherever it is most individual, owes either force or direction to Nietzsche, and thus we see, on our topmost towers, the Philistine armed and winged, and without the love or fear of God or man in his heart, doing battle in Nietzsche's name against the ideas of Nietzsche. No one can think, and escape Nietzsche, but Nietzsche has come after Blake and will pass before Blake passes. Less
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Arthur William Symons (28 February 1865 – 22 January 1945), was a British poet, critic and magazine editor. Born in Milford Haven, Wales, to Cornish parents, Symons was educated privately, spending ...
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